Collage of microbes, bacteria, disease

Topically administered macrocyclic lactone products, including eprinomectin, demonstrate comparable neurological safety in cats based on pharmacovigilance data

Fri, 01/09/2026 - 06:00
CONCLUSIONS: An evaluation of pharmacovigilance data from 2 different sources revealed no evidence of greater proportional reporting for neurological AEs specific to the use of eprinomectin-containing products in cats than for other MLs or emodepside.

Scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing in Canada: protocol for a multilevel implementation science study of clinical processes, barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies (SCALE-POCT study)

Wed, 12/17/2025 - 06:00
BACKGROUND: As the result of systemic and structural barriers, hepatitis C virus (HCV) continues to disproportionately affect people who inject drugs, those in prison, Indigenous peoples, immigrants from HCV-endemic countries, and gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Canada. Point-of-care antibody and RNA testing improve access to HCV testing and enable single-visit diagnosis and treatment initiation, yet robust, context-specific strategies are needed to scale these technologies...

Global Protein Interaction Network for <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em>

Wed, 12/17/2025 - 06:00
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, poses a significant health challenge due to limited therapeutic options and an incomplete understanding of its biology. Approximately half of the genome encodes hypothetical proteins with unknown functions, underscoring the need for systematic functional annotation. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) underpin essential cellular processes, yet no large-scale PPI map has been developed for T. cruzi ─a critical gap that impedes both...

Sex-differences in influenza vaccine efficacy and immunogenicity among Canadian Hutterite children

Sat, 12/13/2025 - 06:00
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that sex may not be a major factor in vaccine response in pediatric populations, but may be more likely to be detected in influenza vaccine trials with a non-influenza vaccine control group.

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